(A) Double frontage lots in residential districts. When a double frontage lot is located in any residential district, the major thoroughfare shall be the rear lot line, and such lot shall front on the minor street.
(B) Double frontage lots backing to major thoroughfares. A minimum front yard shall be required on both streets; provided, however, that when a principal structure on a double frontage lot will back upon a major thoroughfare, the minimum rear yard, in any residential district, may be reduced to 5 feet, when:
(1) The front and rear yards and building lines therefore are designated on a plat approved by the Commission and recorded in the Plat Records of Ellis County, Texas; and
(2) A screening device approved by the city as to location and height is erected along the property line abutting the major thoroughfare.
(3) Where a double frontage lot is developed with the major thoroughfare frontage as the rear lot line and a screening device is installed along said line, the device shall be of a type defined in this chapter and shall be maintained wholly by the owner.
(C) Screening on double frontage lot.
(1) In screening a major thoroughfare, as described in division (B)(2) above, the screening device may have a maximum height of 8 feet, notwithstanding the height limitations elsewhere herein provided.
(2) When a double frontage lot is developed with the major thoroughfare frontage as the rear lot line and a screening device is installed as provided in divisions (B)(2) and (B)(3) above, the screening device may be located on the property line and accessory buildings may be located in the rear yard when in compliance with the yard requirements for accessory buildings herein contained, so long as the same shall not constitute a sight obstruction, as herein regulated.
(Ord. O-12-743, passed 12-3-2012)